Module car wash

Abstract

A car wash includes a series of modules mounted in an overhead position above the path of cars to be washed. The overhead modules mount brushes, sprays, air nozzles and curtain-like scrubbers so as to keep the ground level clear of this apparatus. The modules also are open to one another to form an air tunnel for drying air to travel to a blower.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. In a car wash, a pathway of a predetermined width along which cars to be washed can be moved,   an attic-like building structure including a framework and sides,   post means at the sides of the pathway supporting the building structure in a position raised completely above the height of a car to be moved along the pathway, the sides being open for sight except for the post means,   a plurality of cleaning mechanisms including an articulated wraparound brush device, a top cleaning device and a window brush device,   and mounting mechanisms mounting all of said devices and constituting the sole supports for said devices, all of said mounting mechanisms being mounted by said framework above said height and suspending said devices into the path of the cars,   the overall width of the combined building structure and post means providing a narrow building and the building structure being overhead and mounting the mounting means serving to keep them above the spray area to reduce wear and make maintenance convenient.   
     
     
       2. The car wash of claim 1 wherein the framework means includes a plurality of modules secured together in series extending along the pathway and defining the building structure. 
     
     
       3. The car wash of claim 2 including blower means mounted in one of the modules, the modules defining a tunnel-like air passageway to the blower means, and nozzle means supplied with air under pressure from the blower means for blowing air on cars advanced along the pathway.   
     
     
       4. The car wash of claim 3 wherein the blower means is located near one end of the series of modules and the air passageway extends to the other end of the series of modules and has an entrance opening in a vertical wall at said other end. 
     
     
       5. The car wash of claim 1 wherein the framework means comprises an overhead compartment, a hydraylic power source mounted in the compartment,   and hydraulic motor means supplied with power from the source for driving the brushing devices.   
     
     
       6. The car wash of claim 5 including lighting means mounted in the compartment for lighting the pathway. 
     
     
       7. The car wash of claim 1 wherein the framework means includes a plurality of box-like skeletal frames secured in end-to-end relationship to each other.